News for the week of January 7th to the 13th: Monday found the Granny Bakers in the Square where we spent the morning mixing up a large batch of our famous dog treats. We will be packing them up and sending them to the new group of therapy dogs in training.

By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX —  Imagine Lynn Niggemann’s surprise when she opened the Xcel Energy December bill, and instead of an amount due, saw a credit of nearly $23,000. Since she had no idea where the credit had come from, Niggemann, the village’s administrator-clerk-treasurer, told the Colfax Village Board at the January 8 meeting…

By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX —  Now that the employees of Timber Technologies in Colfax have finished building a new ice rink warming house under the company’s Community Enrichment Program, the old ice rink warming house could gain new life. Three or four people have already called about it, said Lynn Niggemann, village administrator-clerk-treasurer, at…

By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX —  The Colfax Village Board has contracted with CBS Squared in the amount of $6,580 to continue monitoring the village’s former landfill site. The engineering firm of Short Elliot Hendrickson (SEH) has been in charge of monitoring the old landfill for many years, said Rand Bates, director of public works,…

COLFAX —  The Colfax Police Department responded to 44 calls for service in December and made 14 traffic stops. Here are the calls for service: